# Zelensky Warns Ukraine ‘Has Almost No Intact Power Plants’ as Russian Strikes Target Daily Life

*Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-08-08T12:05:49.547Z (3h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Ukraine’s president says Russian strikes have left the country with ‘practically no undamaged thermal power plants’ and increasingly target rail stations, hospitals and businesses that keep daily life functioning. Even as Kyiv secures monthly Patriot missile shipments from the U.S., he admits the number of interceptors is falling short and urges more European funding for domestic arms production. The piece traces how energy and air defense have become the same battlefield for civilians and commanders.

For Ukrainians trying to keep the lights on and the trains running, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest assessment is blunt: “We effectively have no undamaged power plants left.” In remarks aired on 8 August, he said Russian strikes are now “mostly directed against facilities that serve the everyday lives of our people,” listing power stations, railway hubs, hospitals, universities and ordinary businesses as deliberate targets. Zelensky’s comments amount to one of his starkest public descriptions of the damage to Ukraine’s energy grid since Russia began systematically attacking it in late 2022. Speaking in Ukrainian, he said that “there are practically no intact thermal power plants left in Ukraine,” arguing that Moscow’s…

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